Sheet-cutting mechanism for bookmaking machines



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/ aMouw/go Aug. 19, 1930. c. c. HOWARD SHEEN CUTTING MECHANISM FOR BOOK MAKING MACHINES Filed Nov. 22, 1928 12 Sheets-Sheet l2 lullll lllllC 6'. C. Howard.

Patented Au 1a, 1930 "CHARLES-50.! How/vain), or Lonisvimn, KENTUCKY sneer-summits. mnonenism sea neonatalrive MACHINES it Application filed November 22 19 28. 'Seria'l No. 321,216.

This invention is embodied in a machine I for assemlohng. leaves or sheets lnbook form and securing. themtogether and the object, generally stated,l1s to provide mechanism I whereby separate sheets or leaves will be out along the edges which later become-theback ed es of the'book into ton 'ues the ton use on successive sheets being relativelystaggered,

then fold the free ends of the tongues for a portion of their lengthand then apply adhe' sive to the folded ends of the tongues whereby the alined tongues will be secured together. 7

The mechanism embodying the present invention providesmcans whereby the leaves or sheetswill be expeditiously and economically assembled and attached together. ready to I have the backing sheet and covers applied 35 'ing disposed in the spaces between thetongues thereto. The invention is intended more particularly for usein producingcheck books or ether blank books which in use are p to be opened flat and which will remain fiat when I open without regard to the point in the thickness ofthe book at which it is opened. I.

have heretofore produced a blank book in whichthe severaljsheetsor leaves are bound together in such manner as'to produce a book which will open flat, and in such book the several-leaves have been formed with tongues alongtheir binding edges with thetongues oi thealternate leaves relatively staggered so that the application of adhesive to the free end portions, ofthe tongues will causefthe tongueson alternate leaves to be attached, relatlve transverse shifting of the leaves beonan adjacent leait- .The present invention providesmeanswhereby the leaves-will be successively and in a continuous process pre sentedto cutting devices and have the tongues produced thereon, then iedto folding means whereby the free end edges of the tongues will be doubled on themselves for a short por- 'tion of their lengths and'then presented to I means for applying adhesive, the Fahnement of the sheets or leaves being maintained at each step ,inthe operation. An apparatus;

embodying the'inventionis illustrated in the accompanying drawings,-and the invention. res des in cer-tain novel features whlch willjbe F 2 is an elevation showing him 7&7 of Fig. 6," f I ing prevented by the tongues .on one leaf bezontal section, ofthe assembling means wherehereinafter first ifully described and then more particularly pended claims. I

In thedrawings: I

. Figure 1 is aside elevation of a machine embodyin'gthe invention,

pointed out in the apside of the machine,

Fig.3isaplan'view, F ig$4=is an enlarged longitudinalsection, Fig. 5 is atransverse" vertical section on the line 5-5of Fig.3, l 5

Fig. 6 anenlarged longitudinal section onth'e lined- 6 0i Fig. 5 Fig. 7 is a detail'transverse section on the Fig. '8 is a transverse section onthe line Fig. 9 is an enlarged detail'section on the;

shownin Fig. S being also indicated by the the opposite line 8 8 in thisfigure in order to facilitate V an understanding of the structure, i

Fig.10 is a view similar to F ig.9 and show J ingthe parts in a difiierent position,

Fig-511'is a slightly enlarged d an Ora part of the mechanism shown in Figsfi9 and 10,":

' Fig. 12 is an enlargedplan of a p01 ,tion-of the machine showing the means where by the sheets are guided tothe folders and the alinement of the sheets maintained,

- F ig. 13 is a transverse section .011 the line. 13 13 of Fig.12, I

F'g. '14: is a plan view, with parts in horiby the cut and folded sheets are p resented to the glue-applying elements, p Fig.1?) is a-sectional elevation. of the glueapplying devices and the parts immediately adjacent and cooperating withthe same,

Fig. 16- is adet'ail section on the line 16-16 of Fig. 14, and i Fig. 17 is a detail'section on'the line 1717" of Fig: 14. f i

' In carrying out the invention, there is pro- VlfilGCl a suitable framework which maybe of any detail. design. possesslng the requisite ri idity.- At that end of the apparatus which operation, the framework comprises standards 1 and 2 and suitable cross bars or other bracing elements whereby the standards will be held in proper spaced relation; Extendlng from the standards 1 is a frame 3 which supports a table 4 over which feeder belts 5 travel. These feeder belts may be driven by any approved mechanism, and in Fig. 1 I have indicated a portion of drive belts 6 receiving motion from a motor 7 through intermediate elements which will be understood upon reference to 1. The feeder belts are trained around an idle roller 8 mounted in suitable bearings at the delivery end of the table 4 over the supporting frame and the sheets, one of which is indicated at 9, are placed singly upon the feeder belts by hand or through a feeding machine of any approved construction and operation. Referring particularly to Fig. 6, it will be noted that the sheet or leaf passes from the feeder belts onto a support comprising a table 10 having transverse guide ribs or rails 11 along its opposite edges, said guide ribs or rails being beveled, as shown at 12, whereby they will slightly overhang the topof the table, and slidably resting on the table and fitted to and between the guide rails is a template 13 having equi-distant openings 14 formed t'herethrough, said openings being vertically alined with a slot 15 formed throu h the table 10 and extending transversely 01 the same. The openings 14 are spaced apart distances corresponding .to the spacing desired for the tongues to be formed upon the several sheets or leaves and have the same dimensions and form as the spaces which will be cut in the leaves. The table 10 and the rails 11 are secured to angle bars 16 which extend across the machine and are rigidly secured to the bars connecting the upper ends of the standards 1 and 2, as will be understood upon reference to Fig. 4.

angle bars 16 is a chute 17 whereby the pieces cut from the ends of the several sheets will be directed into a receptacle 18 supported on the frame, as shown clearly in Fig. 4. Disposed within and eat siding vertically through the slot 15 and some of the openings 14 are stop fingers 19 which rise from and are preferably formed integral with a plate 20 set on ed e and disposed below the table,

shown in Fig. 5, the stop fingers being inended to project above the surface ofthe template 13 into the path'of the advancing sheet so that the travel of the sheet will be arrested with its forward edge over the several openings 14 in proper position to be acted 'zpon'by the cutters, uniformity in the location of the cuts the tongues formed thereby being thereby attained. Secured to and depending from th plate 20 are arms 21 which are provided at their lower extremities with brackets 22 between which a rod 23 .ex-

Below the table and eXtending downwardly from a point between the tends, and mounted upon said rod are rollers 24 which are somewhat elongated, as shown in Fig. 5, and are adapted to bear against the cam flanges 25 of a roller 26 which is secured upon a power shaft 27 extending across the frame and journaled in suitable bearings provided therefor, as indicated at 28. Studs 29 are also provided at the lower extremities of the arms 21 and to these studs are attached the lower ends of retractile springs 30 which extend upwardly therefrom and have their upper ends attached to a fixed element, such as the table 10, as shown clearly in Fig. 6. The springs 30 are normally retracted so that the stop fingers will be held at the upper limit of their vertical movement and the rollers 24 are held in engagement with the respective cams 25 by the springs so that it will be understood that rotation of the cams will effect downward movement of the stop fingers and upward movement thereof is effected by the contraction of the springs. The motion is so timed that the downward travel of the stop fingers will occur through such periods as will permit the cut leaves to pass beyond the cutters and the upward movement will occur after a cut leaf has passed and before a second leaf has reached the cutting position. The plate. 20 has the upper ends of links 31 pivoted thereto near its ends and the lower ends of said links are pivotedto brackets 32 having a vertical pivotal movement upon the frame, these links serving to maintain the proper relation'of the stop fingers to the-template during the transverse shifting of the parts which occurs-as a cut sheet is being discharged and a second sheet is being brought into position to be out. To effect the mentioned transverse movement, a grooved cam disk 33 is secured upon the end of the shaft 27, and to the end of the template there issecured a guide finger 34 depending from the plate and having its lower end engaged in the cam groove 35, as shown in Fig. 5.

The cutters 36 are carried by a head block 37 and consist of solid blocks of the form and dimensions desired for the cuts to be made in the several sheets and are separately se cured to the head block by cap screws 38 inserted through the head block and engaged in the respective cutters, as shown in Fig. 6, so that the cutters will be firmly secured in place but any one cutter may be removed if necessary without requiring the removal of the entire gang of cutters. The cutters are alined vertically with the respective stop fingers and the openings 14 in the template and the cutters and the stop fingers will, of course, operate in consonance; A presser plate 39 is carried by the head block 87 and openings 40 are formed through this presser plate'alined with the cutters and the openings 14 and of like form and'dimensions. The press'er plate is suspended from the head block by cap bolts 41 inserted loosely through the head block and having their ends engaged in the presser .plate' and provided in such numbers as may be deemed desirable. The

bolts 41 project above the head block and nuts 42 aremounted thereon and turned home against the hea'd' block while springs 43 are disposed around the respective bolts between the presserpla-te and the head block and tend I constantly to depress the presser plate, the

tension of the springs being regulated byadjusting the nuts 42 in an obvious manner. Buffer springs 44 are PI'OVlClQd at the ends ofthe presser plate between thesame and the template, being seated in recesses 45 inthe upper surface of the template and held in place by bolts 46 insert'ed'through the ends of the presser plate and secured in the template, as will be best understood upon reference to Fig. 5. The springs 44; cushion the impact of the presser plate upon the template and the sheet or leaf while the springs 43 cf,-

feet a ro ,er holdin en a ement vwith the r b b b sheet or leaf so that it'will be smooth and will not buckle or give way when'engag'ed by the cutters. The cutters are obviously intended torecipr'ocate vertically and, to effect such reciprocation, brackets 47 are securedto the ends of the head block and project laterally therefrom and have pivoted thereto forks 48 carried by the upper ends of pitmen 49 which extend downwardly and have their lower ends connected in a similar manner to ,wrist pins 50 on crank disks 51, said crank disks being secured on the ends ofa transverse; shaft 52 which, is mounted upon the "frame in; the lower portion'thereoif. The

head block and presser plate are slidably mounted on and guided by pins or posts 370 rising from and anchorediin the template and [passing through openings provided therefor inth'e head block and the presser plate.

' Secured to and projecting from the presser plate 39 at that'edge thereof which is pre- "sented'to the entering sheets are guide fingers 53 having their free ends sl ghtly upturned I so that,;if a sheet-or leaf should tend to jump I viderollers 54 which are carried by arins 55 upwardly as it passesonto the template, it will engage the guide fingers and be thereby I turned down-to the template, as will be ununderstood. It is also desirable to guard against a sheet failing to move prcmptly after it has been cut and to that end I proextending from a rod 56 fitted in and extend ing between'posts 57 rising from levers 58 which are-pivoted upon the sides of the feeder names; as shown clearly in Figs. l.

"transversely theIp'resse r rollers 54 willbe held 'rais ed 'but when the sheets are to be fed a loW part of .tlie camdisk 60 will be brought under the roller-n59 so that the levers 58 may, then drop by gravity and the rollers 54;, con- P orvleaf 9; holding the same to the-traveling feedbelt 5 below thesame and causing it to sequently, be brought down onto 'the' sheet I I be'frictionallvengaged by the belt marred o ver theitable and template. I The feed table l'is provided with a guide rail 61 along one sideedge having a' groovef 62 in its inner surface flush with the feed'table, and I provide a jogger which is operated to cause the adjacentedge of the advancing sheet to be inserted in said groove so that all thesheets will be alined-as they pass'to,

the cutters and,consequently,'the cuts will always be made'i through the sheet at the proper relation to the side'edges ofthesa'me. Secured to the sidebars or frame 13 andrising above the same are standards 63 having: a crossbar 64: secured 1n and extendmg be-' tween their upper ends. Adj ust'ably secured upon this crossbar is a bracket65 and pivoted to the lower side of said bracket is a vibratory arm 66 wh1ch' is 'movable toward and from the sheet or leaf so that if the sheetshould be out of alinement the free end of this arm will impinge against the edge thereof and shift the sheet laterally so that it will'be caused to enter the groove 62 and ride against the guide rail 61; The end of the VibratOIy Y arm '66 is disposed within the opening or space between thefeed table and the supporting bar 67 secured to the forward rail 11 and projecting therefrom toward the rollers 8 about which the feed belt'sare trained." This arrangement is shown clearly in Fig, 6 where init willlbe-noted that the end of the vibra-rtory armprojects somewhat belowthe plane of the sheet and. will,. of course,,- impinge againstthe same itthe sheet be within the the throw of thearm and prevent it buckling or crushing the sheet,v a'stop screw. 68 is pm; 'vlded inthe end of a hanger G9 which; is

secured to and depends from the bari6i, as

shown in Fig; 7 By properly adjusting the 1 screw 68, the throw of lthe'vibratory jogger arm'may be nicely regulated and the device adjusted to the width of the sheets which are tobe assembled in book form. An ample range ofiadjustmentfor the arm is attained by havingthe bracket 65adjustablysecured uponrthebarfid To operate the-joggerarm,

a leaf spring or resilient plate 70 isisecured to thepivot ofthe arm and projectsupward ly and laterally therefrom-to bear against the underside of an aetuator plateil'l secured upon the head {block 37 and projecting up wardly' and-:rearwardly therefrom over the plate massho'wn clearly in Fig. 6; It will- "range of movement ofthe arm. To adjust new beaunderstoodthat,when ithe'operationfof the machine, the head blockislmoved downwardly to effect cutting crashed the actuator plate 7 lwill bear. upon the-plate 70 and rock the jogger arm and the resiliency of the plate will causeit to yield to impacts and aid in avoiding any tendency of the et chain 73 trained about a sprocket 74 on theshaft 52 anda sprocket 75 on the shaft 27, a chain 'tightener 7 6being provided to engage the intermediate portion of the chain 73 and maintain the tension thereon-in an obvious manner. The shaft 52 is driven from a shaft 77 which receives motion from the shaft of the motor 7 through a belt 78 and a drive wheel or pulley 79. secured upon the shaft 77 and about which the belt 78' is trained. The shaft 77 is also equipped with a transmitting pulley having a crossed belt 80 trained about the same and said belt 80 is trained about a pulley 1 on the shaft 52.

It is thought the operation of the-mechanism thus far described will be readily understood. The sheets or leaves are fed separately and successively onto the rails 11 and the template 13 and are brought to rest by impinging against the stop pins 19. The head block 37 is moved downwardly through the action of the crank disks 51 and the pitmen' 49 and the presser plate 39 is thereby brought to bear upon the sheet which has met the stop pins so that it will be held perfectly smooth and firm. The stop fingers are simultaneously withdrawn from the path of the sheet and the knives 36 carried across the sheet so that spaced tongues will be formed in the end edges of the sheet premembers 25.

sented to the knives. As soon as the cuts have been made, return movement of the parts starts, the presser plate 39 freeing the sheet so that it may pass over the front rib or rail 11 and make wayfor a second sheet to be cut. The cams 25 W-ill retard the rising movement of the stop fingers so that they will not enter the path of the sheets until after the cut sheet has been discharged and during this interval the template, stop fingers, presser plate and cutters will be shifted transversely through the action of the cam 33 so that, when the cutters are brought down onto the second sheet, the cuts made therein will be staggered relative to the cuts made in the first sheet. The rollers 24 are long enough to accommodate the transverse movement of the template and the stop lingers so that in either position they; will be in operative engagement with the cam t-inued indefinitely and the sheets are very The operation described is conwardly into a chute consisting of an inclined table 82 carried by frame members 84: and having its upper end arranged immediately adjacent a pair of feed rollers 85 and 86 which are located immediately at the rear of the cutting devices, as shown in Fig. 4, the

roller 85 being a hard surface positively driven roller and the upper roller 86 being a presser roller having a more or less resilient Working surface and resting by gravity upon the roller 85. The advancing edge of the sheet with the tongues cut thereon passes d1- rectly from the cutting table to the bight of the rollers 85 and 86 and will, of course, be gripped thereby and fed into the chute, and preferably the upper presser roller Wlll be provided with rather narrow peripheries and arranged in a pair, as shown in Fig. 3, while the lower roller will be continuous and extend across the entire Width of the machine. Guard fingers 87 are provided at the rear of the feed rollers and extend longitudinally above the chute so that the leaves'or sheets will be prevented from flying over the chute and will be turned down into the same, it being understood that, in actual operation, the action so rapid that the sheets pass from the cutting mechanism at very high speed and are apt to fiy some distance beyond the feed rollers after leaving the latter. The guards 87 are preferably leaf springs secured at their lower ends to brackets 88-and having their upper ends supported by a cross rod 89 secured in any approved manner to the main frame, the brackets 88 being secured on an angle bar 90 which extends across the main frame above and in advance of the folding mechanism. At the lower end 7 deflector so that if a sheet advancing to the folding mechanism should tend to rise from the table 82 it will be turned back onto the same by this deflector. Carried by bearings in brackets96 secured on the frame bars 84 are rollers 97 which have slight longitudinal corrugations in their peripheries and are so disposed that the bight defined by them will be alined with the slot 98- in the cross bar 91, and it is to be noted that the rear edge of the deflector 95 is disposed in a plane slightly in advance of a plane passing through the slot 98 and between the rollers 97. Slidably mounted in the grooves 94 is a head plate 99 and a folder blade 100, the

folder blade having a reinforcing plate 101 secured to its lower endportion whereby buckling of the bladeis preventedand the blade and said plate being secured to the head plate 99 by set bolts 102 inserted through vertically extending slots 103 in the blade and the plate 101, as shown clearly in Fig.

2 9. This construction permits the blade to ing against the lower edge of the reinforcing plate and facilitating its adjustment in an obvious manner. The upper end or the work ingedge of the blade is intended to be within the slot 98 when theblade is in its lowest position so that it will be in position to immedi-' ately engage a sheet or sheets extending over the slot. The stop bar 92'has a bracket 107 secured on its upper side and projecting forwardly therefrom to aline with the rear, wall of the slot 98, and at the front edge of said bracket is an upstanding lip 108 which passes into the space betweenthe rollers 97 and is beveled so that it may fit close to the adjacent roller. Guide pins or rods 109 depend from the stop bar 92 at or near the ends thereof and pass through guide lugs 110 projecting from thehead plate 99, and secured to said;

guide pins 109, adjacent the upper ends thereof, arebraekets 111 to which are pivoted the upper ends of links 112, the lower ends of said links being pivoted to the rear ends of levers 113 whichare fulcrumedbetween their ends upon brackets or fulcrum blocks 114 secured'to the lower corners of the guide plates 93, the forward ends of said levers projecting under the head plate 99 and the reinforcing plate 101. Abutment screws 115 are fitted'through thefree ends of the levers 113 to be engaged by the head plate 99 or the reinforcing plate 101 when the folder blade is lowered, and springs 116 extend between and are attached to the fulcrum of the respective lever 113 and'the bracket 111 so that the springs tend by their contraction to lower the stop bar 92 and the bracket 10'? carried thereby. Upon referring to Figs. '9 and 10, it

-.will be understood that, when the folder blade is lowered, the levers 113 will be rocked so that the stop bar 92 will be raised and-will be interposed in the path of a sheet advancing over the table 82 and the cross bar '91; As the upward movement of'the folder blade occurs, thesprings 116 will draw the stop bar 92 downwardly so that the projecting portion of the bracket 107- will "rest I upon the edge of the sheet at the rear ofthe slot 98 and will 'yieldably hold thesheetso that as the upward movement of the folder blade continues the edge of the sheet will be folded or inan mate and moa -3a thelip 108 and carried into the bifght of the folding rollers 97, as shown in Fig. 10, whereby the'e'nd edges of' the several tongues will be doubled on themselves for a portion of t e length. f

Pivoted to and J depending from the brackets 104: are links-117 which have their lower ends pivoted to crank arms or levers 118 extending upwardly and forwardly and secured to a rock shaft 119 journaled in'suitable bearings secured upon thestandards2.

, Secured to the rock shaft 119-is a crankarnr 120 which extends forwardly to a point below i the shaft 27"and is equipped with a-roller 121'bearing against a cam 122 secured on said shaft so that as the high part of the camv rides, upon theroller121the crank 120 will be lowered and the levers 118 moved upwardly'tofcarry the folder blade 100 intothe folds ing pagans.- In order that the blade may not be moved upwardly to such an extent that it would be gripped by the rollers 97, a sto' member 123 is secured to the end of the cran 120 and is slotted so that it may pass the shaft 27, as will be understood upon reference to Fig.- VVhen'th'e crank 120is swung dowir wardlyfthe stop member 123 will, of course,

follow the movement and the upper end of" i the slot or openingthereiirwill' eventually:

brought into contact withthe shaft 27 so I that'the blade cannot move intobinding relation with the rollers 97 fflhe crank 120 of course, so mounted upon-the rock shaft 119' that itlmay have soinelosflmotion thereon should continue to acto'n the roller 12l when the stop .m'ember123'is in contact with the shaft 27 but under normal conditions the frictional engagement'ofthe crank with the shaft 119 will transmit the'movement of the crank to thefshaftQ Tomaintainthe engage- 119 having oneend engaged with-the crank an-dits other end engaged with an adgacent frame member.

V'Ihe'action'of the folding mechanism is so timed relative-to the action of the cutters a 'position'for folding before the folder blade thattwo sheets or leaves will be brought into moves upwardly.- This feature of the machineis desirable because the tongues on adjacent leaves'arestaggered and the tongues on one leaffit within the spaces between the tongues on anotherleaf and by folding two leaves simultaneously the relation ofv Irthe tongues is established and they are so presented to the glue-applying" elements that the glue will be appliedthroughthe full Width of the; leaf at each'operation. It is essential that theleay'es be properly alined when prementof'tl're roller 121 with the ca'm'122, a tenr v sion spring 12lii's provided about the shaft i sented to the folder mechanism andthere are therefore, provided jo gger devices 'mounte upon the table 82. The table 82has central 2 100 under the nfluence of the-cam122 if said cam longitudinal plate 125 set therein and in one side edge of the table 82 is a longitudinally extending recess 126. The plate 125 has a longitudinal slot 127 formed therein, the walls of the slot being rabbeted, as shown at 128 in Fig. 13, and carried by said rabbeted walls is a slide 129 to the upper side of which is secured a plate 130 which serves as a cover for the slot and rests uponthe plate 125 to aid in supporting the slide. Secured to the rear end of the slide 129 and projecting transversely thereof to play over the table 82 is a jogger bar 131, from the upper edge of which a cover and guide plate 132 extends at an angle to the top of the table so as to meet the table and form a skid over which the advancing sheets may pass. The sheets, of course, willdrop onto. the table at the rear of the jogger bar 131 and said bar is reciprocated so that the sheets will be pushed rearwardly to come to rest against the stop bar 92, and it may be noted at this point that the rear edge of the slotted bar 91 is longitudinally recessed, as shown at 133, to accommodate said stop bar and permit the lip 108 to extend the full length of the rollers 97. To effect the desired jogging recipi'ocatory motion of the bar 131, a link 134 is provided below the table and the plate 125 and has its front end pivoted to the under side of the slide 129 While the rear end of the link is pivoted to the inner end of a bell crank 135 which is also ful'crumed on the under side of the plate 125. The outer end of the bell crank is pivot-ally 1 attached to: a pitman 136 slidably mounted in the frame bar 84, as indicated at 137, and having its outer end projecting through the frame bar 84 to be operatively engaged with the rocking arm 138. Said rocking arm. 138 extends forwardly and is secured to a rock shaft 139 mounted vertically upon the adjacent standard2 and at the lower end of said shaft 139 is secured a crank or rocking arm 140 which extends forwardly and is'equipped at its forward end with aroller 141 bearing against a cam 142 which is secured upon the shaft 52. As the shaft rotates, the crank 140 will, of course, be rocked in a horizontal plane and this movement will be transmitted through the shaft 139 to rock the arm 138.

When the high part of the cam 142 acts to rock the arm 140, the arm 138 will push the pitman 136 inwardly and the bell crank 135 will be, consequently, rocked to pull the jogger bar 131 forward and cause the end of the sheet to rest squarely against the stop bar 92..

As the low part of the cam reaches the roller 141, an expansion spring 143, arranged be tween the rocking arm 138 and the frame member 84, will expand and rock the arm in the reverse direction so that the jogger bar will be moved upwarly upon the table 82. Carried by the pitman 136 to play within the recess 126 of the table is a jogger rail or board 144 which extends longitudinally of the folder blade.

board or rail 144 will, of course, move therewith and it will impinge against the side edge of the sheet presented thereto and move the sheet over to bear against the fiXed rail 146 so that the sheets will be positively al'ined and will, be superposed in registration over The fixed rail 146 has its forward end curved outwardly, as shown at 147, and alined with the outer side of the recess 126 is a similar rail 148 so that the sheets coming from the feed rollers and 86 will be properly guided onto the table 82, and it will be noted upon reference to Fig. 4 that the ends of the guide rails 146 and 148 are tapered so that they will enter the bight be tween the feed rolls. The table 82 is preferably composed of a plurality of parallel longitudinal abutting boards or strips of material, as will be understood upon reference to Figs. 12 and 13. These strips and the guide rails are carried by cross rods 400 secured in the frame bars 84, brackets 401 being secured tothe under sides of the strips and adj ustably mounted on the cross rods and the jogger rail 144 being secured upon the pitman in a similar manner. Preferably, as indicated in Fig. 4, the brackets 401 are of such form as to be easily engaged with or removed from the cross rods so that more or less table strips may be used as desired and the chute thereby adjusted to accommodate wider or narrower sheets.

The sheets with their folded edges pass upwardly between the rollers 97 which press the plies of the folds together and direct the sheets upwardly between guide plates 149 and 150 which are of arcuate form and converge toward their upper rear ends, and it may be noted at this point that the upper edge of the folder blade is preferably constructed with teeth so that it will more effectually engage the notched end portions of the leaves. The guide plates 149 and 150' are supported by brackets 151 and 152, respectively, secured conveniently upon the supporting frame structure, and the upper rear or delivery ends of these plates are arranged at'the bight defined by rollers 153 arranged one above the other and serving to press the folds of the sheets and feed the sheets to the glue-applying devices. These rollers deliver the sheets onto feed belts 154 which are mounted upon suitable rollers or pulleys 155 and, in turn, deliver the sheets onto a table 156 which is so arranged that it will move downwardly as the number ofsheets delivered thereto increases and will present the treated sheets to an open lower part of the supporting frame through which they may be withdrawn. This table is constructed with a reinforcing frame 157 on its under side and at the lower end of sa-idreinforcing frame are guides 158 which slidably engage standards 159 forming part of the supporting frame of the machine 'sothat the table will be uided and maintained in a stable condition in its movements; At the upper ends of the standards 159 is journaled a shaftlGO and upon said-shaft at the ends of the same are secured sprockets 161 having chains-162 trained over the same. Each chain has one end attached to the platform 156 or its reinforcing frame while the other end of the chain carriesa weight 163, the weights counter-balancing the platform and resisting downward-movement of the same so that the table can only move downwardly at airate corresponding to the rate of increase of the weight of thepaper imposed thereon. The shaft is also equipped with a ratchet Wheel 164' and a paWl165 is mounted upon the adjacent standard 159 to engage said ratchet wheel so that, whenthe pawl is in active pos tiomthe shat-t cannot be rotated un-' der theinfiuen'ce of the weights 1G8. 'Atone end of the shaft there is also provided hand wheel 166 whereby the shaft may be rotated to raise the platform when a boolchas been removed therefrom and it is to'be placed inpositionto receive'the sheets for a second book; Slidably engaged with the upper portions of the standards 159 are runners or brackets 167 from which braces or hangers 168 depend to carry a'frame 169 which extends across the width of the machine and has se cured to its under 'sideparallel longitudinally extending presser bars 170'which project forwardly to points immediately adjacent the feed rollers 1 5 3'so that sheets carried fromsaid rollers by the belts 15 1 will be.

scaused to pass under the presser bars 170.

The frame-169 is reciprocated vertically by pitmen 171 pivoted attheirupper ends to the ends of the frame and at their lower ends to crank disks 172 carried by a transverse shaft 17 The presser bars 170 are thereby alter natelylifted so as to permit the passage of sheets thereundei and then brought down; so

as to bear upon the sheets and hold them in tance equ'alto-the width of the sheets so that the sheets will be properly alined and in order that the sheets maybe engaged by these rails andalined, even though they should be presented to the rails'somewhat out of alinement the rails are-secured adjustably to a transverse reciprocatory bar 175 which is slidably' mounted in bearings at the ends of theframe 169,, a bar4175' being provided at each end porti'onof the frame and the inner ends of'the "bars beingfitted within a cou- 3ling sleeve176 which houses a spring 1 77 tending to press the bars apart. The outer ends of the bars 175' are adapted to bear against the beveled upper ends of stationary cams 17 8 which are vertically adjustable upon stationary parts of the supporting frame so thatas the frame 169 ismoved clownwardlythe bars 175 will be shiftedlaterally and the guide rails or jogger plates 174-will be moved inwardly toproperly center the sheets. Slidably mounted upon side members of, the main supporting frame are bear-- ings 179 carrying a rock shaft 180 which extends across the frame above the feed belts 15 1 and the presser bars 170 as well as the jogger and guiderails 17 1. At p oints adjacent the presser bars and between the feederbelts, joggerarms 181'are secured to this shaft and project therefrom in such position that when the shaft is rookedthese arms will impact against the' rear ends of the sheets and will cause "tl'ie same to be presented'evenly to the glueapplying elements. The shaft 180 is reciprocated upon the frame members 182' cured to the frame bars 182 at the rear of the 7 shaft and itsv bearings areabutments 184 wh ch are alined with the tappets 183 sothat if the shaft be drawn rearwardly the tappets will be caused to impinge against the front ends ofthcse abutments and thereby rocked,

the shaft being conseqently rocked in its bearings so that'the joggerarms 181 will beswung against the ends of the sheets. I The bearings 179, as shown'most clearly in ig. 17 are constructed with gu de feet 185 on their, un-' der sides which slidably'engage' the frame members 182 and are constructed'with toes 186 engaging in grooves formed in the sides of the frame members whereby the bearingswill be held in place. The shaft 180 is loose in the bearings 179 and secured upon' the. shaft at the ends thereof are brackets or blocks 187, in thelower ends of which are se V cured thefront ends of pusher rods 188 said pusher rods extending rearwardly and having-their rear ends secured in eyes 189 carried by the lower ends of angle levers 190- which are pivotally mountedupon the rearmost standards 191 of themain supporting frame. 8 Normally these angle levers are in the position shown in Figs. 1 and 2 and theshaft 180 is spaced forwardly from the abutments 84. When the angle levers 190, however, are rocked rearwardly, the rods 188 pull theshaft' rearwardly so that the tappets are caused to impinge against the abutments 184. As the-return movement of the shaft 180 carries the tappetsfronithe abutments,

the shaft is rocked and the 'tappetssagain set in upright position by a torsion spring 380 coiled about the shaft with one end fixed thereto and its opposite end fixed to the adj acent hearing, as shown. clearly in Fig. 1 1.

It will be noted upon reference to Figs. 1 and 2 that the forward edges of the angle levers 190 are of an ogee shape and that the long arms of the angle leversproject appreciably forwardly from the standards 191, a spring 192 attached to the frame at one end and having its opposite end engaged with the respective angle lever yieldably holding it in the position shown. Slidably mounted upon the standard 191 is a block 193 in which is journaled a shaft 194 carrying the glueapplying knife 195 and equipped with rollers 196 each adapted to engage one of the angle levers 190. It will be seen at once that, when the block 193 is moved downwardly, the roller 196 acting on the forward edge of the angle lever 190 will swing said lever rearwardly so that the shaft 180 will be drawn rearwardly and the describedactien accomplished. The glue knife 195 comprises a frame secured to the shaft- 19a and extending longitudinally thereof, and a blade proper 197 secured longitudinally to the frame and adapted in one position to engage the gluecarrying belt 198 and in another position to apply the glue to the edges of the sheets upon the table 156. The ivot of the angle lever 190 is fitted in a block 199 which is secured to the adjacent standard191 and projects to the inner side thereof where it is formed into or provided with a rack 290 in the vertical plane of a pinion 201 secured upon the shaft 194 so that as the shaft is moved vertically the pinion will be caused to ride over the rack in mesh therewith and, consequently, rock the shaft so that the knife will be reversed. The knife frame 195 has extensions 202 at its ends which at the respective limits of movement are engaged in keepers 203 and'20-l respectively whereby the knife is caused to move 111 a true vertical plane in applying the glue to the sheets or receiving the glue fromthe con veying belt 198. Vertical movement is imparted to the knife shaft by pitmen 205 having their upper ends pivotally mounted upon the ends of the shaft and their lower ends attached to cranks or levers 206 which are secured to the ends of a transverse shaft 207, said shaft 207 having secured thereon a gear 208 which meshes with a gear 209 on the shaft 17 3. The shaft 173 is driven by a chain 210 trained around a sprocket on said shaft and around a sprocket 211 on the shaft 52.

Above the shaft 19%, a transverse beam 212 is secured upon the main supporting frame and projects laterally to one side of the same, and the glue pot or tank 213 is suspended from this beam by hangers The glue-carrying belt 198 passes over a transfer roller 215 in the tank and is trained about pulleys or guide rollers 216 at the opposite ends of the beam. The guide pulley or roller 216 more remote from the glue tank has its axle or shaft 217 extended rearwardly and upon the rear end thereof is secured a friction pulley 218 which is normally in engagement with a friction pinion 219 on the shaft of a small motor 220, this motor driving the glueconveying belt but performing no other work. The motor 220 is carried by a shelf 221 which is secured to and projects rearwardly from a beam 222 disposed above and at the rear of the beam 212 and pivotally attached at'its end more remote from the motor to the adjacent standard 191 while at its shelf-carrying end it is equipped with a keeper bolt 223 playing in a slot 224: in the adjacent standard 191 so that it cannotfall away from the standard. Carried by the sliding block 193 which is below the shelf 221 is a pusher bar 225 which extends up wardly from said block and is arranged to impinge against an abutment screw 226 mounted through the beam 221 sothat, when the knife is raised to engage the glue belt and take glue therefrom the motor will be shifted so that the pinion 219 will be out of engagementwith the'pulley 218 and the belt will remain at rest.

Carried by the standards 191 is a back stop 227 against which the sheets or leaves are caused to abut by the action of the jogger arms 1S1. As shown most clearly in Fig.

1, the keepers 203 and 204; are brackets or.

plates secured to and projecting forwardly from the standards 191 and having their front ends. provided with flanges 228 which are turned inwardly and may be extended and turned forwardly. Said flanges are located in spaced relation to the standards so that the extended ends of the knives will be caused to ride within the keepers and be guided into proper engagement with the glue belt or with the stacked sheets accordingly as the knife is at the upper or lower limit of its movement.

The feed belts 154 are carried by drums or rollers 155, the bearings for the forward drum or roller being mounted upon frame members 231 rising from the frame bars 84 and said members 231 carry frames 232 in which the rollers 153 are mounted, while the shaft 233 carrying the rear rollers 155 is supported in arms 234 secured to the main supporting frame and having a rack or plurality of notches 235 in its upper edge so that by setting the shaft in selected notches the tension of the feed belts may be maintained. The shaft 236 carrying the-forward rollers or drums is equipped with a pinion 237 meshing with a gear 238 secured upon a shaft 239 which is mounted upon the frame between the rollers 153 and the rollers 97 so that, when the shaft 239 is rotated, the feed belts 154 will be driven in the proper direction- A sprocket pinion 240 is secured upon the shaft 

